Fable #198

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One day as the Lion walked proudly down a forest aisle, and the animals respectfully made way for him, an Ass brayed a scornful remark as he passed. So he made a great show of looking anxiously about, as if in fear of some hidden enemy. Then he flew down into the garden among the Peacocks. called the Crane anxiously. The Goat looked over the edge of the cliff. One of the feats he told about was a leap he had made in a city Called Rhodes. There the first he laid hands on and killed was the Wolf.

Do not stop to argue with temptation.